Live at Five and CNNkeep us all abreastof breaking stories that can tendto make us anxious and depressed.Problems with no answershang on like some chronic cough.And every day some brand new issuerears it's head to piss you off.

Bad guys win.Optimism's wearing thin.Things are spinning out of control.Cynicism's all the fad.World events could make us madas hatters.Almost every daysome underpinning slips away.These aren't laughing matters.

Time bombs tick.People keep on getting sick.And a nickel's not worth a cent.Wickedness and greed abound.Just as peace is gaining groundit shatters.Hate is here to stay,and justice goes to those who pay.Friend, these aren't laughing matters.

The truth is scarier by farthan anything that Stephen King could write.The stories in the paper arethe daily small decline and fallspelled out in black and white.

Oh, what to do, what to do?how to take a brighter viewwhen your noodle's totally fried.Human spirits need to beleavened by a little levity.So take those bluesand bounce them off the wall.Keep your humor please,'cause don't you know it times like these thatlaughing matters most of all.